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Thursday, 13 September 2012

Update: Week 2 of September 2012

The Faverolles have been out in the Main Vegetable Garden helping to catch a few of those European Earwigs that are such a pest in early Spring. A short update for this week as we are busy with Markets this weekend.

Planting Out:Potato Spunta from Tasmanian Gourmet Potatoes Potato Purple Sapphire from Tasmanian Gourmet Potatoes Potato Pontiac from Mr Fothergill's I bought these when the ordered ones were taking a long time to arrive!!These were planted into Wicking Bed 11 in the Kitchen Garden

Cuttings:Grapevine Black Sultana

Division:YaconStrawberry Runners

Harvest Tally:Doesn't include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making. For Salads, Juice and Stirfries I have been picking Lettuce, Watercress, Lebanese Watercress, Kale, Silverbeet, Gotu Kola, Parcel, Parsley, Shallot and Beetroot Leaves which are not always weighed. Carrots Mixed 1505g

Eggs: Total for the week 22 (only 5 days)3 from the lone Barnevelder7 from the 5 Farmyard Ferals12 from the 4 Faverolles

At last the wind settled enough to bring the tomato seedlings outside for some sunshine...I put them safely back into the greenhouse each night as we are still getting frosts!

In an effort to lower pest numbers I have cleared between the beds...it was mainly Dandelions growing there so the chooks got some extra greens in the bargain!

The Lettuces in Bed 7 are beginning to bolt with the warmer days...I am hopeful of continuing to harvest these for salads until the new planting by the back door (Bed 23 in the Kitchen Garden) is big enough to harvest!

To see how the various Garden areas fit on our half acre block check out the newest Planting Plan for Spring HERE This is updated as planting occurs.

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Doc and I live in a rural township in the dry Mid North of South Australia on three town blocks giving us a total of half an acre.
We endure extremely hot and dry summers only to be greeted with frosty mornings during our increasingly dry winter months.
Despite this harsh climate we manage to grow much of our own food.
Water is scarce and many measures are taken to utilise every drop we have.
Our garden beds are shaded (during summer), heavily mulched, humus rich and most are now converted to wicking worm beds.